Mike Aviles, SS

Currently, Mike Aviles comes to bat with "Rocketeer" by Far East Movement. His reasoning is, "This song gets me relaxed in the box. When I first used it, I started hitting well, so I couldn’t change it.”

Superstition in sports is completely understandable.

Porter suggested "The Bomb" by the Bucketheads for the play Aviles has displayed at short this season. He's been solid and shored up a position that otherwise has been volatile in recent memory.

My selection is a remixed version of "I'm Ready" by the Twilight Singers. Essentially for the same reason as Porter, Aviles has proven he's ready to be the everyday shortstop in Boston while the assumed shortstop of the future, Jose Iglesias, is still progressing in A-ball.

Darnell McDonald, LF

I like the beat, I like the idea behind it, but I'm not sure McDonald can really get away with this song.

Porter jokingly stated that McDonald should use "Funk Dat" by Sagat after looking at his stats.

If we're going to stick with hip-hop and the idea of sticking around, fighting the odds (McDonald is one of the oldest "youngsters" in the game), then my choice was pretty simple: "Mama Said Knock You Out" by LL Cool J.

Cody Ross, CF

Cody Ross has been on the of the pleasant surprises on the Red Sox this season.

Having put up numbers that fans wished JD Drew could have, and at a quarter of the cost no less.

Ross makes his way to bat to "Living on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi. According to him, he uses it because he likes how it starts.

Fair enough.

Porter took a dig at Ross in his suggestion, remarking that perhaps Ross should walk to the plate to “Strike It Up” by Black Box: “Cody needs a song to remind him that he’s leading the team in whiffs.”

I'll go along with that, considering the man has 38 strikeouts thus far. However, he's tied for second in RBI right now, so I have to give him some respect.

Ryan Sweeney, RF

His reasoning: “When I was in Oakland, I walked out to rap music. At Fenway Park, there are a lot more fans when you come up to the plate, so I needed something a little different.”

Hmph.

Obviously Sweeny has terrible, terrible taste in music, so I'll just have to fix this for him.

Now that he's in Boston, I was thinking about going with an local underground heavy metal legends Steel Assassin. They just did a sick Rush cover on their new album, so, that being said, Sweeney should use SA's version of "Red Sector A" for his music and pay homage to the local crew.